{"id":8943,"date":"2023-11-03T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/?p=8943"},"modified":"2023-11-03T11:54:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T17:54:58","slug":"alberta-book-publishing-awards-gala-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/2023\/11\/03\/alberta-book-publishing-awards-gala-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta Book Publishing Awards Gala 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In September, the publishing industry came together to celebrate another year of wonderful writing and books. There were so many remarkable books shortlisted!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A highlight of the evening was remarks from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alberta.ca\/minister-of-arts-culture-and-status-of-women\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.alberta.ca\/minister-of-arts-culture-and-status-of-women\" target=\"_blank\">Minister Tanya Fir<\/a> (Arts, Culture, and Status of Women) and the presence of numerous officials from the government of Alberta and the City of Edmonton. We were pleased to have the University of Alberta&#8217;s Chief Librarian, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/library.ualberta.ca\/staff\/dale-askey\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/library.ualberta.ca\/staff\/dale-askey\" target=\"_blank\">Dale Askey<\/a>, in attendance. Our amazing host was, once again, the vivacious <a href=\"https:\/\/judypiercey.com\/index.php\/judy-piercey-career\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/judypiercey.com\/index.php\/judy-piercey-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Judy Piercey<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgemelnyk.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.georgemelnyk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">George Melnyk<\/a> received the Lifetime Achievement Award and the press he helped establish\u2014<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/newestpress.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/newestpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">NeWest Press<\/a>\u2014was named Mel Hurtig Publisher of the Year. We were honoured to publish several books with George over the years, including: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The Literary History of Alberta, Volumes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uap.ualberta.ca\/titles\/346-9780888642967-literary-history-of-alberta-volume-one\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.uap.ualberta.ca\/titles\/346-9780888642967-literary-history-of-alberta-volume-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">One<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uap.ualberta.ca\/titles\/347-9780888643247-literary-history-of-alberta-volume-two\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.uap.ualberta.ca\/titles\/347-9780888643247-literary-history-of-alberta-volume-two\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Two<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uap.ualberta.ca\/titles\/241-9780888644091-poetics-of-naming\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.uap.ualberta.ca\/titles\/241-9780888644091-poetics-of-naming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Poetics of Naming<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uap.ualberta.ca\/titles\/350-9780888643902-north-of-everything\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.uap.ualberta.ca\/titles\/350-9780888643902-north-of-everything\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">North of Everything<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uap.ualberta.ca\/titles\/52-9780888644794-great-canadian-film-directors\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.uap.ualberta.ca\/titles\/52-9780888644794-great-canadian-film-directors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Great Canadian Film Directors<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The creative and administrative team behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/2022\/02\/18\/read-alberta-telling-albertas-story-on-the-web\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/2022\/02\/18\/read-alberta-telling-albertas-story-on-the-web\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Alberta website<\/a> received special recognition: Annie Boyar, Heather Lohnes, and Karyn Wisselink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>University of Alberta Press staff announced winners and were winners ourselves, for Learning Book of the Year for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uap.ualberta.ca\/titles\/1033-9781772126044-canadian-performance-documents-and-debates\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.uap.ualberta.ca\/titles\/1033-9781772126044-canadian-performance-documents-and-debates\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Canadian Performance Documents and Debates<\/em><\/a>, edited by Anthony J. Vickery, Glen F. Nichols, and Allana C. Lindgren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to all of our colleagues who put so much of themselves into this important work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"8945\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/BPAAawards_Lifetime_Melnyk-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/BPAAawards_Lifetime_Melnyk-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/BPAAawards_Lifetime_Melnyk-450x300.jpg 450w, 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There were so many remarkable books shortlisted! 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